I like the way he says, "the Mass Production side of me always wondered, is it be possible to manufacture a plastic ukulele that performs as well as a wooden one? The answer is yes".
Translation - "When I saw that ukuleles were popular, it made me wonder, could this make me rich? The answer is yes!"
The process and materials that made the prototype are very different from the way he plans to "mass produce" it. What you saw in the video, with him assembling in a wood shop, won't be happening. That was the prototype. He's raising money for a machine that will spit these onto a conveyer belt. Which I am not entirely opposed to, BUT even a Blackbird for $1,000+ completely made with carbon fiber is outperformed by wood. Now they do serve a travel friendly purpose and I am not against them. I'm just sayin', let's be realistic. The "sound sample" is a synced professional recording.
Made in the USA is sort of irrelevant. It's a piece of plastic made by a machine and it won't sound as good as a wood one. Now I can dig a plastic uke, but $150? I would buy one for $50, maybe. The old Dolphin Makala's that hang outside the store get beat by the Hawaii sun for the entire time the sun is out every single day. They still appear unharmed and strum quite nice. Now that's a $50 travel uke! Maybe it was made in China but at least it was made by a human. And along the way no one got rich, but many survive. The worst part is thinking about these ukes donated to schools as he promised in part. They have old violin style friction pegs (hows that gonna work on plastic?.... the sound of a classroom full of them may not do the ukulele any favors)